Our club always starts Monday practice after tournaments with handing out pins then as head coach I make it a point to walk around while stretching, to every Wrestler and wisper something positive about how or what they had done on saturday.
I also make it a point to designate an outstanding wrestler of saturday even if they didn't place to lead group conditioning, more often than not it is one of my 6 n under or 8 n unders.......
I also have phoned the older kids individually without them knowing just to let them know how much they mean to our program and what their role is on this team......We are having much success with this!!!!
Coach Judd